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Bar · Maine

Torrey Ledge

44.07°N · 68.56°W · Bar · Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME

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Best score today · 11 PM · Yellowfin tuna

84/100Great
Now
499 AM EDT
Best window
11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
Tide now
High8.4 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: today · 84

24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 9 AM · now

Time9ANOW
Score49Good
Tide8.4 ftHigh
CurrentSlack0.0 kn
Wind13 kn NEgusts 17 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.9 ft · 5 s
Air temp53°Cool
WeatherClear0% cloud
Water56°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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No rule for Yellowfin tuna is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with Maine DMR before you keep a fish.

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Source: Maine DMR · synced yesterday

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When Yellowfin tuna is best here

Peak season for Yellowfin tuna · 1 more week at peak

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Spot profile

Torrey Ledge

Depth
70-100 ftSlope
Structure
Ledge · Outer · ExposedLedge · slope
Season
Peak seasonYellowfin tuna

NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.

About this spot

Fishing Torrey Ledge

Torrey Ledge is a bar in Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME, Maine. Depth is 70-100 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 13 species here; the best right now are scup, Atlantic bluefin tuna and Atlantic cod. It is peak season now for scup, Atlantic bluefin tuna, Atlantic cod and black sea bass, and shoulder season for tautog, summer flounder and mahi-mahi. Scup peak from June through September. Atlantic bluefin tuna peak from July through October. Atlantic cod peak from May through June and from September through October.

Tackle & technique

Yellowfin tuna
Yellowfin feed in blue water along canyon edges, the shelf break, current edges, deepwater platforms and FADs, usually from the surface to about 300 feet. Troll ballyhoo, spreader bars and cedar plugs early in the day, then chunk butterfish or sardines, fish live hardtails, or drop jigs to marks. Around Gulf platforms and in the canyons the night bite on chunks and jigs is often better than the day.
Scup
Scup school over hard and mixed bottom, rock piles, mussel beds, piers and jetties, usually in 10 to 60 feet of water. Fish a high-low rig with small hooks and squid or clam strips on the bottom, and chum with clam to hold a school under the boat. If nothing bites within 15 minutes, move to the next piece of structure.
Atlantic bluefin tuna
Bluefin tuna follow schools of herring, mackerel, sand eels and menhaden over banks, ledges and shoals, mostly in the top 150 feet. Troll spreader bars and daisy chains to find fish, then switch to live bait, chunks or stick baits once a school is located. Heavy tackle and a NOAA HMS permit are required, and size-class limits change through the season.

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Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with Maine DMR before you keep a fish.